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Structure

100 credit points

Students undertaking pure honours in history must complete:

  • History Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects HIST40039 History Thesis Part 1 and HIST40040 History Thesis Part 2; and
  • Three compulsory honours subjects in history (37.5 points); and
  • One elective honours subjects in history (12.5) points.

Students undertaking combined honours in history and another program must complete:

  • History Thesis (50 points), consisting of subjects HIST40039 History Thesis Part 1 and HIST40040 History Thesis Part 2; and
  • HIST40030 History for Historians (12.5 points); and
  • Three honours subjects in the combining discipline (37.5 points).

OR

  • Honours thesis in the combining discipline (50 points); and
  • One honours subject in the combining discipline (12.5 points); and
  • Three compulsory honours subjects in history (37.5 points).

Total 100 points

Please be advised that the History Specialisation does not accept applications for mid-year admission. Candidates can only commence in Semester 1.

Subject Options

History Thesis

Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
HIST40039 History Thesis Part 1
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25
HIST40040 History Thesis Part 2
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 25

Compulsory subjects

These three subjects are compulsory in the pure honours stream.

Code Name Study period Credit Points
HIST40030 History for Historians
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HIST90023 The Writing of Australian History
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HIST40037 The Long History of Globalisation
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Elective subjects

Code Name Study period Credit Points
HIST90026 History, Memory and Violence in Asia
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HIST90037 Russia and the World
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5
HIST40041 History Research Workshop Not available in 2025 12.5
INDG40005 Writing Ethical Indigenous Histories
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
 12.5

Links

http://shaps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours

Last updated: 27 February 2025